This Open Letter To Salman Khan Is Going Viral!

The latest comment of Salman Khan where he compared himself with a ‘raped woman’ came as a shock for many followed by a series of taking favour, apologising and eventually generating much hubbub in the media. However, the actor hasn’t uttered a word on this controversy.

Giving a reply to Salman Khan, a social activist, a gang rape survivor as well as a Padma awardee named Sunitha Krishnan wrote an open letter. This letter which is going viral everywhere is a cutting comment on this whole issue:

I do not wish to take the name of the person in question because I feel it would be an act of giving him too much respect. The fact that he could easily compare himself to being raped shows how badly he has trivialised rape and rape culture. The harsh truth is that good looks and some talent made him the star that he is and he takes this role very lightly. With such fame, comes responsibility.

Instead of being aware of this, he has basically compared the scars, trauma and abuse of a rape victim to his role in a movie. I keep hearing men and women making such remarks and recently too, I found a woman who made a joke along these lines. She used to say ‘I was raped by this’ or ‘I was raped by that’ with no thought on the repercussions of these statements.

“What we need to remember is rape culture is around us and all of these trivialising remarks add to it. As far as I can say, only perverts can make such statements. He is a disgrace.”